Final Jeopardy: 5-5-14 to 5-9-14
Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 5, 2014, with links to the full recaps.
Mon, May 5 – Correct answers: 1
This word for a timid person comes from the last name of a character in a 1920s newspaper comic called “the Timid Soul.” show
Tue, May 6: Correct answers: 1
Between 2006 & 2013 it went from 39th to 6th in per capita income & its unemployment rate dropped to the nation’s lowest. show
Wed, May 7 – Correct answers: 0
On Dec. 20, 1956 the court’s ruling on Browder v. Gayle went into effect, bringing an end to this 381-day event. show
Thurs, May 8 – Correct answers: 3
His works include ‘The Economic Consequences of the Peace” in 1919 & “The End of Laissez-Faire” from 1926. show
Fri, May 9 – Correct answers: 0
It was published March 26, 1830. A very popular work with the same name premiered March 24, 2011. show
Thursday was the only day that all the players got Final Jeopardy! Here is a category from that game: “Initials to Roman Numerals to Numbers” that they left until the very last in Double Jeopardy! Watch Ken Jennings run through it like a boss!
Just googled Brigham Young U were Ken attended. It offers Latin. Ken probably took some Latin in college. How quickly he ran the category makes me wish I had taken Latin in college in addition to what I took in HS. Watching Ken makes me appreciate Latin more. Thanks Ken.
It was funny how they avoided this category until the very end — then he went through it like that. Amazing!
Evidently he took Latin in school. I had to take Latin 2 years in HS. Couldn’t figure out why. Knowing the roots of vocabulary words on standardized tests did help with the Latin background down the road, but I still couldn’t keep up with Ken. After seeing Ken run that category perhaps I should not have complained during the old HS days and paid more attention in Latin classes.
That’s the Ken Jennings I remember from days of old. Hasn’t lost his touch. Go Ken!!!!!